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When you ask Sechelt Public Library's Iris Loewen, chief librarian, what or who has played a major role in the library's long history, you get two answers -author L.R. (Bunny) Wright and technology.

Nine hundred households and businesses in south Pender Harbour have been boiling their drinking water since last Friday after heavy rains caused run-off that increased the water's turbidity, or cloudiness.

Gibsons council is saying "yes" to restructure after passing a resolution during a special council meeting Oct. 31.

Community courts, justice system response and public perceptions of crime were just a few of the topics discussed at a dialogue session in Sechelt last Saturday between B.C.

Did you know that the average student generates over 30 kg of throw-away garbage in a school year? Less packaging equals less waste! Students in four local elementary schools are participating in a new environmental stewardship project to reduce the

Although he's only 17 Eric Bilodeau has already participated in two adventures many would consider events of a lifetime. Now the Sunshine Coast youth has been chosen as the only Canadian to be a part of the 2007 Pole to Pole Expedition.

There were lots of treats and not too many tricks on Halloween night, according to police. Sunshine Coast RCMP Staff Sgt. Brad Zalys said police opened 26 files after 5 p.m., with no major incidents reported.

"It is all very well to take courses and read books exploring our spiritual selves, but how do we make that a part of our lives without having to go and sit under a Bhoddi tree?" asks Jean-Pierre LeBlanc, author of the ground-breaking book The One Mi

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) and District of Sechelt (DOS) each received grants of $10,000 this week for infrastructure planning.

The Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Authority board has given the green light to a $37.5 million capital expansion of St. Mary's Hospital, which will now go to the Sunshine Coast Regional Hospital District and B.C.